# Turkye, Saoedi-Arabië en Pakistan onderteken vandag ‘n gesamentlike verdedigingsverdrag te midde van toenemende onbestendigheid in die streek terwyl Golflande onder Iranse aanvalle deurloop ná Amerika en Israel se aanvalle op Iran. Reuters berig die verdrag versterk samewerking tussen ‘n groeiende groep invloedryke Soennitiese Moslemlande, maar besonderhede oor elke land se verpligtinge is nog nie […]
# International Relations minister Ronald Lamola has called for greater public awareness of the African Continental Free Trade Area, saying only 13-percent of Africans know about the agreement despite strong support for regional trade. Speaking in Johannesburg, Lamola said deeper integration must benefit ordinary citizens, not just political and business leaders. He also urged businesses […]
# Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are signing a joint defence agreement today, at a time of regional turmoil with Gulf states coming under fire from Iran after it was attacked by the US and Israel. Reuters reports while the pact further cements a burgeoning grouping of major Sunni Muslim powers, there was no immediate clarity […]
# n Veertienjarige seun het vanoggend agt mense in Thailand doodgeskiet en minstens 22 gewond. Volgens owerhede het die tiener eers sy grootouers doodgeskiet in sy huis aan die buitewyke van Bangkok. Hy is daarna na sy skool, die Debsirin Nonthaburi School, waar hy drie onderwysers en drie kinders doodgeskiet het. Die seun het homself […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister Ronald Lamola says South Africa has reached a major milestone in regional integration with Angola joining the cross-border payment system. He was speaking at the ambassadorial breakfast in Johannesburg, focusing on strengthening economic diplomacy, trade and investment. Lamola says the initiative will boost intra-African trade. He adds the African […]
# A 14-year-old boy shot and killed eight people in Thailand this morning, while at least 22 were wounded. He first killed his grandparents at his home on the outskirts of Bangkok and then proceeded to his school, the Debsirin Nonthaburi School, where he killed three teachers and three learners. The teenager then shot himself […]
# Suid-Afrika het ‘n leningsooreenkoms van agt-miljard-rand onderteken met die Asiatiese Infrastruktuur-beleggingsbank om klimaatsbestande stedelike dienste te versterk. Die Nasionale Tesourie sê die fonds is geoormerk binne ‘n streng prestasieraamwerk om stedelike stelsels teen klimaat-skokke soos oorstromings of droogtes en basiese dienslewering te verbeter. Die Tesourie sê plaaslike munisipaliteite en metro’s beskik dikwels nie oor […]
# South Africa has signed an eight-billion-rand loan agreement with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to strengthen climate-resilient urban services. National Treasury says the fund is specifically ring-fenced under a strict performance framework to upgrade urban systems against climate shocks such as floods or droughts, and improve basic service delivery. The Treasury added that local […]
# Die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, het twee nuwe uitvoerende opdragte onderteken wat behels dat kinders nie outomaties Amerikaanse burgerskap kry nie deur sogenaamde geboorte-toerisme te verbied. Die Hoërhof het verlede maand sy poging verwerp om geboortereg-burgerskap te beëindig. Die Migrasiebeleid-instituut reken tussen 22- en 26-duisend babas word jaarliks in Amerika gebore as geboorte-toerisme. Trump […]
